AHI 1E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blue Qur'An, Umayyad Caliphate, Quran
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Caliph: new elected leader, successor of the prophet in the terms of the head of the community, not as the direct link between god. By 661, a particular dynasty takes over the caliphs: umayyad dynasty, move to. At first, their coins were similar to byzantine coin characteristics but they evolved to their own coins that only consisted of writing, that to of god. They very deliberately made a choice to use a codex(book) to put the oral message of. Byzantine manuscript: purple colored parchment to symbolize royalty and wealth. It was only made to be viewed by nobility. North africa, has very few dots (in order to read this, you need to be very fluent in arabic or even know it by heart) stained blue with indigo pages (very expensive) It was an object created by attentive people with great care. Style of writing: regular, proportional, certain letters are elongated for viewer purposes, effort to create a homogeneous surface.
